Lookalike flags

Lots of flags share the same colours and layouts, often because neighbours share a history or a movement. Many pan-African flags use the green, yellow and red of the Ethiopian flag, pan-Arab flags use red, white, black and green, and the Nordic countries all use a cross set towards the hoist.

The trick to telling them apart is to look for one detail at a time: the order of the stripes, the exact shade of a colour, the shape of the flag, or a small emblem. Each guide below shows the flags side by side, lists the checkable differences with sources, and ends with a quick quiz.

Want them all in one place? The lookalike flags dataset lists every pair with its key difference, as CSV, JSON and a printable sheet.